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椎 chuí spine

spine; vertebra; hammer; mallet

How to remember 椎: 木 tree + 隹 pigeon = spine. Grandpa climbs the tree to free a stuck pigeon, slips, and now the doctor x-rays his spine.

  • HSK 6
  • 12 strokes
  • Radical 木

Component breakdown

椎 = 木 tree + 隹 pigeon

  • 木 tree
  • 隹 pigeon
The Gushi story

Grandpa climbs the tree to free a stuck pigeon, slips, and now the doctor x-rays his spine.

How it is used

  • Vertebra/spine - 颈椎 (jǐngzhuī, note zhuī reading) cervical vertebrae, 脊椎 (jǐzhuī) the spine.
  • Medical/anatomical register: 腰椎 (yāozhuī) lumbar vertebrae, 椎间盘 an intervertebral disc.
  • The chuí reading means a mallet/hammer (a rarer, archaic sense).
  • For the neck-strain of modern life: 颈椎病 (jǐngzhuī bìng) cervical spondylosis.

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